THE tROPlCAL AGRlCULTUIilST. [Dec. 1, im. 
the reserve land suitable for tea, and the followiog 
tabulated statement gives the result :— 
' Tea Tea 
Ceylon Dia- Tea Full Paitial Recently 
Name of Es- 
tates. 
Wattegodde 
Hoonoocotua 
Tallagalla 
Elhvgalli 
Rutland 
Warriagalla 
Sorana 
triot. 
Dimbnll* 
Kotmale 
Kalutara 
Matale 
Hewaheta 
Nilambe 
Kalutara 
Bearing. Bearing Planted. 
80C 
5594 
515" 
225 
449J 
422i 
421 
Nil 
25 
48 
6 
3 
83i 
79 
Totals 
Ceylon Dis- 
trict. 
.. 3,392i 244i 
Other 
Reserve Products, 
Suitable Grass 
for Tea. Waste, 
Water, &c 
25 
15 
54 
9 
66 
4 
218 
Total 
Acre- 
age. 
Dimbula 
Nil 
70 
895 
Eotmale 
52 
iioj 
762 
Ealntara 
25 
58 
700 
Matale 
15 
190 
445 
Hewaheta ... 
17 
1271 
663 
Nilambe 
150 
601 
1,261 
Kalutara ... 
- 75 
138 
758 
Name of Es- 
tates. 
Wattegodde 
Hoonoocotua 
Tallagalla 
Ellagalla 
Rutland 
Wariagalia 
Sorana 
Totals .. 384 l,295i* 5,484- 
* Of which more than 300 acres are planted with 
Cardamoms, Cocoa. Cinnamon and Cinchona. 
Last year's Estimate of Expenditure of Capital 
Account , was il600 to £700, and the amount actually 
spent was £675 2s 4d, which has been carried to debit 
of the Factory and Extension Account. This account 
after having received credit for the proceeds of the New 
Issue referred in the last Report, shows a small debit 
balance of £405 9s 3d. The estimated expenditure on 
thisi.account for the current season amounts to between 
£800 and £900, being chiefly for additional machinery 
required for Sorana and Warriagalla. 
The Estimate of Crop Expenditure and Yield for the 
new season have been prepared as usual with much 
care, and are as follows, viz : — 
Expenditure. 
R. 
.. 116,719 
. . 80,071 
... 31,902 
... 58,552 
.. 65,676 
.. 64,105 
... 66,d58 
Wattegodde 
Hoonoocotua 
Eilagalla 
Tallagalla 
Warriagalla 
Rutland 
Sorona 
Crop, 
lb Tea. 
450,000 
280,000 
120,000 
235,000 
240,000 
250,000 
275,000 
•L,,.-, Totals R483,283 @ l/4|=f 32,974. 1,850,000 
■ -Also about 15,000 lb of Cinchona from Rutland, 
10*000 lb Cardamoms and 15 cwt Cocoa from Warria- 
galla and 15,000 lb Cinnamon from Sorana; the value 
of the, whole of such products being estimated at 
about £1,000 to £1,200. 
The General Managers are glad to state that the 
very full Reports on the Estates which they receive 
from the. Company's Ceylon Agents continue to be 
on the whole thoroughly satisfactory. The grey 
blight, which at one time caused considerable anxiety, 
has happily yielded to the remedial measures applied, 
and has alm3st entirely disappeared. So that with 
normal weather and even moderately good prices for 
Tea, the prospects for the -coming season appear to 
be satisfactory. 
. Ahbuthnot, Latham & Co., General Managers. 
34i Great St. Helens, E.G., 6th Oct., 1902. 
THE DOQMOO TEA COMPANY OF 
CEYLON, LIMITED. 
1HE RtlPORT. 
The Directors have the pleasure to submit their 
Report and the Acconnta for the year ending Jnue 
The crop realized was 296,863 lb. against an Estimate 
of 260,000 lb. and netted 36 05 cts. per lb. against 
04"£9 cts. last year. 
The falling-off in price is to some extent due to the 
fact that there were several alteiations and additions 
to the factory and machinery about the middle of the 
year which hampered work and prevented the tea be- 
ing made to the best advantage. 
On the other hand the cost of the tea was only 24'3 3 
cts. per lb. against 26-95 last year. This rate is not 
high and reflects credit on the Manager. 
There is now a sum of R40, 059-32 to be dealt with 
and the Directors recommend its being disposed of 
as follows : — 
That there be passed to Depreciation 
account a sum of . . . . R 5,000"CO 
That there be passed to Reserve account 6,000-00 
That a Dividend of 7 per cent be paid, 
absorbing .. .. 28,000-00 
And that there be carried forward a sum of 2,059-32 
R 40,059-32 
The Estimates for the current season provide for 
ft crop of 275,003 lb. tea to cost R71,310 00 exclusive of 
Capital Expenditure which will not be large. 
The acreage of the two estates is as follows : — 
Doomoo .. 213 acres Tea 5 years old and 
upwards 
12 do do under 1 year. 
16 do Timber. 
68 do Chena and Patana. 
299 acres. 
Verellapatna . . 600 acres Tea 6 years old and 
upwards. 
24 do do 4 years old. 
4 do do under 1 year, 
6 do to be planted. 
10 do Grass. 
2 do Timber. 
142 do Chena and Patana. 
688 acres. 
During the year Mr W Kingsbury having left the 
Island, Mr W Anderson was appointed a Director in 
his place. The latter gentleman retires in accordance 
with the Articles of Association but being eligible 
offers himself for re-election. 
It will be necessary to appoint an Auditor for 
season 1902 03. 
By order of the Board of Directors, 
J. M. ROBERTSON & Oo. 
Colombo, 16th October, 1902. 
BRITISH CENTRAL AFRICA COMPANY, 
LIMITED : 
Planting Peogeess. 
The statutory general meeting was held yester* 
day ^Oct. Dl) at Winchester-house. Major George 
Wemyss who presided, observed that as a good 
deal "ol misconceptioa existed iu England as to 
the exact locality of British Central Africa, it 
might be as well if he stated that it was that 
region of Africa which would always be associated 
with the name of Livinf^stone and with the great 
Scotch missionary movement in the Shire High- 
lands and about Lake Nyassa. In 1883 the British 
interests in Nyasaland had become so consider* 
able that Her Majesty's Government appointed a 
British Consul to ^lyaaaland with headquarters 
at Blantyre. This was immediately followed by 
the starting of the planting industry, which soon 
showed most encouraging results in the cultiva- 
tion of coffee, cotton and tobacco. In 1889 the 
future of Nyasaland assumed an entirely new 
aspect by reason of the discovery or re-discovery 
by Mr J Kaukio of a navigable entrance to the 
